Lieutenant Hugonin, a military detachment, mounted police and volunteers attempt to ‘surprise’ a group at Palanna, 22 April 1842

Date: 22 Apr 1842
Place: Between Palanna and Coffin Bay , Port Lincoln
Lieutenant Hugonin, 15 foot soldiers, the two Messrs Hawson, four mounted policemen, Schürmann, and at least two Aboriginal guides (one of whom was Port Lincoln man Tunba), attempted to surround an encampment of Aboriginal people at Palanna. They were unsuccessful due to the noise made by their horses as they crossed the limestone rocks surrounding the encampment.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
Notes:
LocationAccuracy: Close

People involved

  • Tunba (guide)
    Match note: Matched from legacy people.event_external_id to resolved_event.tlcm_id, mainly data from SA Frontier and its Legacies project.

Sources

Event mentions

  • Lieutenant Hugonin, a military detachment, mounted police and volunteers attempt to ‘surprise’ a group at Palanna, 22 April 1842
    22 Apr 1842 — Between Palanna and Coffin Bay , Port Lincoln
    Lieutenant Hugonin, 15 foot soldiers, the two Messrs Hawson, four mounted policemen, Schürmann, and at least two Aboriginal guides (one of whom was Port Lincoln man Tunba), attempted to surround an encampment of Aboriginal people at Palanna. They were unsuccessful due to the noise made by their horses as they crossed the limestone rocks surrounding the encampment.
    (See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
    Source: Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier